The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type

Variable Name

Attribute Name

Data Type

Value

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

cdm_data_type

String

Grid

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

cmor_version

float

0.96

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

comment

String

GFDL experiment name = CM2Q-d2_1PctTo2x_i1. PCMDI experiment name = 1%to2x (run1). Initial conditions for this experiment were taken from 1 January of year 1 of the 1860 control model experiment named CM2Q_Control-1860_d2. In the CM2Q-d2_1PctTo2x_i1 experiment atmospheric CO2 levels were prescribed to increase from their initial mixing ratio level of 286.05 ppmv at a compounded rate of +1 percent per year until year 70 (the point of doubling). CO2 levels were held constant at 572.11 ppmv from year 71 through the end of the 280 year long experiment. For the entire 280 year duration of the experiment, all non-CO2 forcing agents (CH4, N2O, halons, tropospheric and stratospheric O3, tropospheric sulfates, black and organic carbon, dust, sea salt, solar irradiance, and the distribution of land cover types) were held constant at values representative of year 1860.

The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intendedfor legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the dataContributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor anyof their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express orimplied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for aparticular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

Northernmost_Northing

double

89.0

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

project_id

String

IPCC Fourth Assessment and US CCSP Projects

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

realization

int

1

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

references

String

The GFDL Data Portal (http://nomads.gfdl.noaa.gov/) provides access to NOAA/GFDL's publicly available model input and output data sets. From this web site one can view and download data sets and documentation, including those related to the GFDL CM2.0 model experiments run for the IPCC's 4th Assessment Report and the US CCSP.

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) CM2.0, 1%to2x (run 1) 1%/year CO2 increase experiment (to doubling) output for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). GFDL experiment name = CM2Q-d2_1PctTo2x_i1. Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) experiment name = 1%to2x (run1). Initial conditions for this experiment were taken from 1 January of year 1 of the 1860 control model experiment named CM2Q_Control-1860_d2. In the CM2Q-d2_1PctTo2x_i1 experiment atmospheric CO2 levels were prescribed to increase from their initial mixing ratio level of 286.05 ppmv at a compounded rate of +1 percent per year until year 70 (the point of doubling). CO2 levels were held constant at 572.11 ppmv from year 71 through the end of the 280 year long experiment. For the entire 280 year duration of the experiment, all non-CO2 forcing agents (CH4, N2O, halons, tropospheric and stratospheric O3, tropospheric sulfates, black and organic carbon, dust, sea salt, solar irradiance, and the distribution of land cover types) were held constant at values representative of year 1860.

Note: Latent heat fluxes presented here have been drawn from data originally saved on grids of different model components. The interpolation required to present surface latent heat fluxes on a single global grid may affect the accuracy of some values over ocean points and along coastlines.

attribute

hfls

history

String

At 13:01:48 on 04/07/2005: CMOR altered the data in the following ways: replaced missing value flag (-9.99000E+02) with standard missing value (1.00000E+20);

attribute

hfls

ioos_category

String

Heat Flux

attribute

hfls

long_name

String

Surface Latent Heat Flux

attribute

hfls

missing_value

float

1.0E20

attribute

hfls

original_name

String

sfc_latent_tot

attribute

hfls

standard_name

String

surface_upward_latent_heat_flux

attribute

hfls

units

String

W m-2

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats
(.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.